Language in the modern world

Potter, Simeon ;

Language in the modern world - Revised Edition. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©1975. - 205 p. :

Included Index.

Introductory --
Language and nationality --
Language as communication --
Sounds and symbols --
The making of words --
The shaping of sentences --
The Indo-European family --
Non-Indo-European tongues --
The practical study of languages --
Contrastive linguistics --
Language and thought --
Language and society.

An examination of the first principles of language in the modern world, based on the author's hope for the future of language, that by greatly improved linguistic techniques all educated people may master at least one of the great living languages of the world other than their own, and that thus all men of good will may be able to communicate freely and fully with one another.

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